Age groups: adolescents Books

I've heard it said that being a mom is like watching your heart walk around outside of your body. No matter how protective we are there are somethings guaranteed to be out of our control. Yet, as mothers, we put on our brave faces and we set out to...

Unabridged text of the Jerry Thomas 1862 Bartenders Guide, offered here for chump change. It is considered the first cocktail book, and this reproduction is based on the first published edition.This 1862 edition includes “A Manual for the...

Join the author as she makes a case for the impact our mindset has on our lives. As we grow into adulthood, our mindset is influenced and nurtured by the adults and others with whom we spend most of our time. Her experience as a parent and Substitute...

Rosa, The Educating Mother is a book written by Henry Marcus Cottinger in 1887. The book is intended for mothers and young ladies of age, providing them with guidance on how to educate and raise their children. The book emphasizes the importance of a...

Two parents lost their only child to drug addiction-their story could save yours from the same fate.As parents, the thought of our children falling into the abyss of drug addiction is a nightmare we all desperately wish to avoid. To be successful, it...

El viaje a través de las complejidades de la infancia puede ser turbulento, especialmente cuando se ha crecido con padres emocionalmente inmaduros. Este libro ofrece una inmersión profunda en las sutilezas de las relaciones entre padres e hijos y las...

"Wokism and Hypermorality: Notes on the New Virtue Vigilantism" In the current political debate, moral convictions are increasingly determining the public debate. The book "Wokism and Hypermorality" poses the burning questions of our society: Who and...

رحلة مُذهلة في عالم المراهقة: اكتشفِ أسرار التغيرات الجسدية والنفسية والعقلية التي تُصاحب هذه المرحلة الحساسة، وفهمِ احتياجات المراهقين وتحدياتهم، وطرق دعمهم وتوجيههم نحو حياة صحية وسعيدة. كتاب "مراهقة آمنة" ليس مجرد دراسة أكاديمية، بل هو دليل عمليّ...

యువత ఊహించని పోరాటాలు ఎందుకు చేస్తుంది ఊహించారా? అసాధారణమైన వాటిని యువత ఎలా సాధిస్తుందని మీరు ఎప్పుడైనా ఆలోచించారా?యవ్వనం సవాళ్లతో నిండిన అవకాశాల కాలం. ఇది జీవితం మొత్తానికి సంధి కాలం. ఒక నూతన అన్వేషణ మార్గం.  కౌమార దశ అనేది అవగాహనకు,...

Self-concept and coping behaviour are important aspects of development in adolescence. Despite their developmental significance, however, the two areas have rarely been considered in relation to each other. This book is the...

This book addresses an issue of considerable current interest and importance: what is and what should be the role of religion in the education process of a modern, secular society? The subject is tackled through an indepth investigation of a recently...

Are you done feeling shy and uncertain about yourself? Done with negative self-talk holding you back and preventing you from embracing life to the fullest?Low self-esteem, lack of confidence, self-doubt, self-loathing, shyness, guilt, shame, overwhelming...

Everything Teenagers Need To Navigate The Complexities Of Life In One Book!Wondering how to prepare your teenage children for adulthood?Want to help your teenagers gain valuable skills that will make them more confident and self-sufficient?Presenting...

"Moving is one of life's greatest challenges. The largest study in educational research history demonstrates that moving harms learning. But moving not only challenges students. The experience of lost identity extends across the lifespan, also affecting...

In the past few years there have been some gradual but perceptible changes in our collective attitude to menstruation, perhaps shown most obviously in television commercials and magazine advertising, which are less coy and more realistic and explicit in...

The concept of Third Culture Kids (TCKs), children who follow their globetrotting parents around the world, is not a new one and has been widely studied. However, there is one specific group of TCKs who have, until now, been largely ignored - EdKids, the...

Would you feel like you're oftentimes missed? However hard you try, does this look like people don't wish to obey you? They might just find you to be non-threatening or overly submissive to maintain their focus, or maybe they feel just like you...

Do you do too much for your kid out of fear they will never make it in the world without your oversight? Are you frustrated or worried about your ‘tween, teen, or young adult who seems lazy or unmotivated? Do you see your child unable to reach...

Dealing with stress, anxiety and anger are important skills to learn, but not all kids learn those strategies naturally. The Coping Skills for Kids Workbook can help teach children to calm down, balance their energy and emotions, and process challenging...

Neuroscience made simple: practical methods to rewire your brain and take control of your thoughts, actions, and inner voice.Despite our best efforts, most of the time, we act without thinking. We make poor decisions. But this isn’t our fault!...

Written by a pediatrician/adolescent medicine specialist and a developmental psychologist, this book is a collection of informative, nonredundant yet comprehensive studies on adolescent pregnancy and parenting. More than 200 adolescent women in an...

From the fundamental processing of human movement, through to the ability to interpret actions, infancy research is only now taking up the challenge of social cognition over a variety of cognitive areas. This special issue covers broad areas of...

Emerging adulthood has been identified as an important developmental stage, characterised by identity exploration, instability and open possibilities, in which young people are no longer adolescents but have not yet attained full adult status. This...

Autonomy is a central feature of adolescent development, playing a key role in adolescents' psychosocial adjustment. However, opinions differ about the nature and definition of autonomy and so important questions regarding the role of autonomy in...

First published in 1988, this book, with its cross-cultural framework, was aimed at students in multi-cultural communities and those studying in the developing world. The authors present an overview of developmental and educational psychology that does...

With minor contributions from others, the primary characters in the novella, Sex with Jesus, are:Joebh, the CEO,Noah, the psychologist,Haggai, the teacher,Susanna, the OB-GYN doctor,David, the judge,and Jesus, the minister. Presumably, it doesn't...

A Cross-National Study of Adolescent Self-Image Adolescence is not, as has been previously assumed, a developmental stage that was defined after the industrial revolution. There is substan­ tial historical evidence to suggest...

That painting is at least in part an expression of the painter's personality is obvious from the differences between very impulsive and very controlled painters - between the paintings of a Picasso, for example, and a Piet...

What happened next? This updated edition of Teenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood examines the research and practice in this vital field since the end of the UK Government's highly successful Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (TPS) for England which reduced...

You've spent the first twelve years of your child's life guiding, disciplining, and playing, only to transition into the teenage years where you feel like none of this mattered. It does matter! The teenage years can be a struggle for most parents because...

In an era defined by the relentless march of technology, the seamless integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our daily lives has ushered in a transformative landscape. At the forefront of this evolution are the Digital Natives of Generation AI,...

As the world of education evolves rapidly, understanding the intricacies of emotion, cognition, and language development is becoming increasingly vital. Unfortunately, the existing literature often fails to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary...

In today's world, children's development is increasingly under threat. Basic experiences (such as joy, tenderness, learning how to love, well-being etc.) which are crucial for healthy development are often deficient or tainted. As a result, more and more...

Knowing a grandfather and knowing about a grandfather are distinctly different epistemologies. While the latter contributes richly to understanding and appreciation, it is secondary to an actual relationship. Knowing about an historic figure narrows the...

"In an age in which truthtelling has been under siege, Richard Reichbart-scholar, teacher, author, President of a major psychoanalytic institute-tells a truth many would choose to hide. This memoir offers us his own personal experience with...

Despite the negative impact of anxiety in children, theories and research have lagged behind their adult counterparts. This special issue arose from an Economic and Social Research Council funded seminar series (Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment, CATTS)...

This vivid evocation of the lives of 32 boys from a Johannesburg township is essential reading for anybody wishing to understand black masculinity in South AfricaBecoming Men is the story of 32 boys from Alexandra, one of Johannesburg's largest...

Embark on a transformative journey in "It's About You Too", by Tracy Whitmore, to support your LGBTQ+ child while nurturing your own emotions. Many have said, "It's not about you! Put your feelings aside and be there for your child." However, Tracy...

90sHT is a highly encouraging, self-defining interactive journal. This journal is a coming-of-age lyrical ode to the '90s, women, Hip-Hop, womanism, fashion, love, and acceptance. Most importantly, this is a declaration that you are your own Heartthrob...

Surviving School as a Dyslexic Teenager is an easy to read book looking at the coping/defence strategies used by teenagers both in and outside school.Understanding where these coping/defence strategies have come from (home influences, primary school,...

Chaplain J. Edward Sellers was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1949. He graduated from Garinger High with honors. In 1972, Chap. Sellers got his Bachelor of Arts in Bible with a minor in Education from Columbia Bible College (Columbia International...

Power Up Your Parenting is a conversational and comprehensive guide for parents of teen and preteen girls. In an engaging style, author, Erica Rood, applies over a decade of experience coaching teens and young adults to reveal what parents can do to...

This text captures the profound unacknowledged crisis that is unique to children of first-generation immigrants, by virtue of their being caught in a world of their parents' culture of origin and their social experience in the United States. The book...

The revised edition of Educational Psychology Reader: The Art and Science of How People Learn presents an exciting amalgam of educational psychology's research-based reflections framed in twenty-first century critical educational psychology. Featuring a...

Seven-year-old Noel is sad that her family moves a lot, so she focuses on her love for swimming to stay happy. This leads her on an adventure of discovery and spiritual awakening about the element of water, and what it symbolizes to her soul; on a...

Alongside the voices of a wide range of parents of teenagers, the author draws on ground-breaking research relating to brain development, teenage sleep patterns and communication, to offer valuable guidance to help manage family life during...

Reframing Adolescent Research suggests that what is needed is a 'paradigm-shift', a movement towards implementing more systemic, innovative and inter-disciplinary approaches to youth research, which are more suited to resolving the real issues that young...